From f09e27bdf46cb84c1478ad577875cf5a13b0fcef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Michael B. Gale" <mbg@github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:06:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make `externalRepoAuth` check more consistent

---
 lib/entry-points.js | 2 +-
 src/api-client.ts   | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/entry-points.js b/lib/entry-points.js
index 57dd02541..ebe7f9d17 100644
--- a/lib/entry-points.js
+++ b/lib/entry-points.js
@@ -170758,7 +170758,7 @@ function makeProxyRequestOptions(dispatcher) {
   };
 }
 function createApiClientWithDetails(apiDetails, { allowExternal = false, proxy = void 0 } = {}) {
-  const auth2 = allowExternal && apiDetails.externalRepoAuth || apiDetails.auth;
+  const auth2 = allowExternal && apiDetails.externalRepoAuth !== void 0 ? apiDetails.externalRepoAuth : apiDetails.auth;
   const retryingOctokit = githubUtils.GitHub.plugin(retry);
   const requestOptions = makeProxyRequestOptions(proxy);
   const opts = {
diff --git a/src/api-client.ts b/src/api-client.ts
index 48313dbba..31169480a 100644
--- a/src/api-client.ts
+++ b/src/api-client.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ function createApiClientWithDetails(
   { allowExternal = false, proxy = undefined }: CreateApiClientOptions = {},
 ): ApiClient {
   const auth =
-    (allowExternal && apiDetails.externalRepoAuth) || apiDetails.auth;
+    allowExternal && apiDetails.externalRepoAuth !== undefined
+      ? apiDetails.externalRepoAuth
+      : apiDetails.auth;
   const retryingOctokit = githubUtils.GitHub.plugin(retry.retry);
   const requestOptions = makeProxyRequestOptions(proxy);